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English
Siksika
Literal Meaning
American
innóísttoani
Have long knife
Assiniboine
niitsísinaa
Original Cree
Black/Negro
siksáápiikoan
Black Whiteman
Blood Band
of Blackfoot
káínaa
Many Ghosts/Spirits
of Blackfoot
akáís ta'ao
(Blood Clan Name)
Many graves/burial
caches above the ground
akáókiinaa
(Blood Clan Name)
Buffalo Women's
Society
máóto'kiiksi
Cree Tribe
asinaa
European
aapámiaapiikoan
Across the ocean person
Foreigner
noohkiitsitapi
French Person
niitsáápiikoan
Original Whiteman
Frenchmen
niitsaapiikoan
Full-Blooded Indian
sopokíítsitapiikoan
Gopher Eater Clan
omahkookitsis
(Peigan Tribe)
Gros Ventre Tribe
atsíína
Hairy Nose Clan
immoyissksisi
(Peigan Tribe)
Kootenay Tribe
kotonáá'wa
Lone Fighters Clan
ni'taiitsskaa
(Peigan Tribe)
Member of the
Black Horse Society
sikimiota'si
Member of
Cheyenne Tribe
kiihtsipimiitapi
Pinto People
Member of the
Nez Perce Tribe
komonóítapiikoan
Native Culture
niitsíapia'pii
Native American
niitsíapi
Native American Males
niitsítapiikoan
Never Laughs Clan
kata'yayimmii
(Peigan Tribe)
Never Lonesome Clan
miaawaahpitsii
(Peigan Tribe)
North Blackfoot Band
siksiá
North Peigan
aapátohsipikáni
North Peigan Band
skiníípiikani
Paddled Saddle Clan
kootsaakiiyi'taa
(Peigan Tribe)
Peigan Band
Piikáni
Person of German decent
ksisísttsomo'ki
Having pointed hat
Person of
Japanese Ancestry
tsaapinííkoan
Person of
Mexican decent
sspayiikoan
Person who lives on
the open prarie
isskihtáí'tapiiyiwa
Sarcee Tribe
saahsi
Sioux Tribe
pinaapisinaa
East Cree
South Peigan
aamssáápipikani
Southern Peigan
Persons
Amsskáá pipikaniikoaiksi
Stony Tribe
saahsáísso'kitaki
White Chest Clan
kayikkao'kikin
(Peigan Tribe)
White Robe Clan
ksikksis'ka'simi
(Peigan Tribe)
White Woman
náápiakii
*Information from Donald G. Frantz and Norma Jean Russell's Blackfoot Dictionary of Stems, Roots, and Affixes, Second Edition

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